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Post by Wynn Chester on Oct 21, 2023 15:14:18 GMT
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Post by McCann on Oct 21, 2023 16:41:14 GMT
Rated by many older players as one of the best players to play the game. I know Johnny Giles says he was the best player he ever saw. Certainly in the top 3 or 4 players from the late 50s to the early 70s.
And only Geoff Hurst left from the England 66 team now
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 21, 2023 16:45:37 GMT
Heard this on Sky Football this afternoon.
Sir Bobby was certainly a legend, a football man through and through.
If someone who has absolutely no interest in football whatsoever and couldn't tell you the first thing about the game heard the name Bobby Charlton, even they would say, 'Wasn't he a footballer?'
RIP.
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Post by simon316 on Oct 21, 2023 18:02:13 GMT
RIP Sir Bobby. A true Legend, a true Great. Sorely missed...
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Post by ontheslate on Oct 21, 2023 18:23:58 GMT
Heard this on Sky Football this afternoon. Sir Bobby was certainly a legend, a football man through and through. If someone who has absolutely no interest in football whatsoever and couldn't tell you the first thing about the game heard the name Bobby Charlton, even they would say, 'Wasn't he a footballer?' RIP. Not a football fan in anyway but you sum him up for me |
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Post by running16 on Oct 21, 2023 20:08:48 GMT
One of the most respected and iconic footballers ever. RIP Sir Bobby.
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Post by jjmolloy on Oct 21, 2023 21:48:47 GMT
Too young to have seen him when playing, but in the mid 1970s when I started taking an interest in the game his legend still loomed large,and has only grown ever since. Must be the best English player of all time, did it all. Dementia has claimed a lot of players of his generation, including a number of his 1966 comrades, and his brother Jack also of course, with ex United teammate Denis Law also suffering with the illness, from which there is only slow decline, and as said above now only one of the '66 side surviving still, which is saddening. RIP Sir Bobby. Sir Bobby Charlton (1937-2023) – his life in pictures | Football | The Guardian
Link good at time of posting. |
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Post by metro1962 on Oct 22, 2023 11:50:21 GMT
Sad to hear this yesterday and a true legend and a very sad way to go.😒
RIP Sir Bobby.
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Post by yoyopickles on Oct 22, 2023 14:52:57 GMT
It was half time yesterday and I was enjoying a beer in the VIP lounge at my local football stadium. Sky sports news was on the t.v there and the sad news flashed up
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Post by jno on Oct 22, 2023 15:39:00 GMT
RIP Bobby Charlton, a true icon.
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Post by AlanH on Oct 23, 2023 8:58:07 GMT
As part of that 1966 England team he will be long remembered and celebrated. A great footballer and a gentleman. Horrible that his last years were lost to dementia - as someone with a close relative suffering from the condition, I can only view his passing as a mercy. RIP.
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Post by billymedhurst on Oct 23, 2023 21:11:40 GMT
The real deal, a true legend on the pitch, and a gentleman and fine ambassador off.
RIP Sir Bobby.
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Post by Portland Road on Oct 26, 2023 7:23:39 GMT
I had noticed that we hadn't heard much from him in recent times, and figured that health problems could be taking their toll.
R.I.P. Bobby Charlton, a footballer who, on the pitch, took us from the 50s Pathe to the 70s action replay era of football, and continued as an authoritative presence ever since.
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Post by thewoodster on Nov 25, 2023 7:28:37 GMT
Legend rip
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